First-Ever Federal Suit Using New Law Filed by ICE Detainee, Claiming ICE-Hired Private Jail Tortured Him
By The Vanguard Staff CALEXICO, CA – A federal lawsuit was filed this week against a private…
National, California Groups Condemn Biden Administration Abusive Treatment of Black Haitian Migrants, Demand End to Deportations
By Crescenzo Vellucci The Vanguard Bureau Chief DEL RIO, TX – Immigrant rights and hundreds of other…
Guest Commentary: Mass ICE Detention Is Unnecessary
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many…
Guest Commentary: This Is Biden’s Chance to End ICE’s Abuses — For Good
The systemic abuses of ICE make communities less safe — especially when they act in tandem with…
Emails Reveal ICE’s Refusal to Test People in Their Care – Judge Orders ICE to Provide Testing
After ICE had failed to provide COVID testing to immigrant detainees, on Thursday, a federal judge granted…
Major Court Win against ICE: Yuba County and Mesa Verde Detention Centers Population Cut in Half
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge – already not happy…
Death, Hunger Strikes, Plague – COVID-19 Lurks at ICE Detention Camps in Marysville, Bakersfield
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief MARYSVILLE – In the few weeks since a U.S….
Stuck Inside ICE Detention’s Coronavirus Epicenter
People incarcerated in the Otay Mesa Detention Center decry crowded units and substandard medical care as COVID-19…
California Assemblymembers Ask Governor Newsom to Issue Executive Orders to Protect Detained Immigrants During COVID-19 Crisis
By Linh Nguyen CALIFORNIA — On Apr. 6, 2020, Assemblymember Rob Bonta from Oakland and 25 other…
Inspector General Report Catalogues Detention Center Atrocities
On Tuesday, roughly 300 people in Davis protested immigration policies outside of Congressman Garamendi’s office. There is…
Children Continue to Die in Government Custody
By Cynthia Pompa In recent months, at least seven children have either died in custody or after…
The Truth about Catch and Release
By Stacy Sullivan On April 6, 2018, President Trump issued an official memorandum with the following subject…
